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Monday, August 18, 2008

Bangkok's Erawan Shrine

One of the most popular tourist attraction in the central district of Bangkok is The Erawan Shrine. This Hindu shrine houses a statue of Phra Phrom, the Thai representation of the Hindu creation god Brahma. It often features performances by resident Thai dance troupes, who are hired by worshippers in return for seeing their prayers at the shrine answered.

The Brahma Statue

The Erawan Shrine amidst the Busy Intersection.

The Thai dance troupe prays and performs.

For a few offerings, these Thai dancers will join you in prayers.

A devotee planting Incense.

The Shrine is located in Ratchaprasong Intersection and can also be viewed via the Skytrain.

The Deity has four faces and six Arms.

The Deity as we see it today is not the original statue of God Brahma. In 2006, a mentally-illed person vandalized and smashed the statue into pieces. After smashing the statue, the man was beaten to death by devotees of the Shrine. Two months later, a new Brahma statue containing fragments of the broken one was installed in the Shrine.

Apparently, I missed a great blog (yestereday)----or at least controversial---sorry I missed it....I am sorry you felt you had to remove it...that is why I love blogging...seeing parts of the world I will never see .....I like today's post with the statue.....I don't remember if there was any information in my newspaper about this...I vaguely remember something...nice it was repaired....

@ neva - a comment made in that post said it's despicable and irrespectful so i decided to remove it. it's not that i agree with the post but i guess it's better to remove it to maintain the GP rating of this blog lols.

@ bet del mar - although their religion thrives on tolerance, thai people cannot allow their gods to be vandalized so maybe the killing of the perpetrator is some sort of a fit of anger from the devotees.

@ anino - that's a nice info. siguro we just have to respect their culture kasi mahirap din pag sa ibang bansa talaga. mga shots ko to when i was there last summer pero i wouldn't hesitate to go backthere given a chance again.

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